Johnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 days agoToday's Johnny_Arson California fuel update:hexbear.netimagemessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1imageToday's Johnny_Arson California fuel update:hexbear.netJohnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square63linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZoift [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·19 days ago“In theory prices cant get any worse!” Oh, really, which theory?
minus-squareJohnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·19 days agoThe idea that they need to add an extra decimal place to accommodate a high whole number when in reality they will just retrofit the half cent place to a whole cent place.
minus-squareZoift [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·19 days ago“PRICES PER HALF(1/2) GALLON” Feel like I’ve heard of this before during the 70’s oil crisis, and they just changed the unit of measure.
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·19 days ago“what the fuck is a liter?”
minus-squareZoift [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·19 days ago$9.99 for a baker’s dram!
minus-squareGoodBleanis [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-219 days agoIt’s French for get me some fucking cola!
minus-squareLovely_sombrero [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·19 days agoDisplayed prices are in 1/12 of a bushelful.
minus-squareInfamousblt [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·19 days agoMeanwhile they can just tape a 1 to the front of their sign
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·19 days agoIsn’t it already 9/10 of a cent?
minus-squareuserse31 [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days agoSome really stupid confusing tax thing, always thought it made the signs look stupid as a kid with that small “9” tacked on the end. …I still think it looks stupid.
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days agoWhen gas hits $10 a gallon maybe they really will drop that.
“In theory prices cant get any worse!”
Oh, really, which theory?
The idea that they need to add an extra decimal place to accommodate a high whole number when in reality they will just retrofit the half cent place to a whole cent place.
“PRICES PER HALF(1/2) GALLON”
Feel like I’ve heard of this before during the 70’s oil crisis, and they just changed the unit of measure.
“what the fuck is a liter?”
$9.99 for a baker’s dram!
It’s French for get me some fucking cola!
Displayed prices are in 1/12 of a bushelful.
Meanwhile they can just tape a 1 to the front of their sign
Isn’t it already 9/10 of a cent?
Some really stupid confusing tax thing, always thought it made the signs look stupid as a kid with that small “9” tacked on the end.
…I still think it looks stupid.
When gas hits $10 a gallon maybe they really will drop that.